The
increased disillusionment was even more pronounced when respondents were asked
their impressions of how the war was going. The poll found that 68 percent
thought the fighting was going “somewhat badly” or “very badly,” compared with
42 percent who had those impressions in November.

The results of the New York Times/CBS News poll align
with several others done recently on the same question, including a Pew Research Center poll and a Gallup/USA Today poll. And the negative view
of the war also appears to be growing increasingly bipartisan. According to Ms.
Bumiller and Ms. Kopicki, 60 percent of Republican respondents said the war was
going somewhat or very badly, up 20 percent since the poll in November. And
among Democrats, 68 percent said the war was going somewhat or very badly,
compared with 38 percent in November.